Ash sifter



G. KABURECK.

ASH SIFTER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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ASH SIITER;

Application filed Qctober 29, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE KABURECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash sifters, of the form that operates by a tilting or rocking movement of the ash sifter structure as a whole or bodily, and the object of my improvement is to produce a sifter of the form mentioned that has improved efriciency in effecting the sifting by reason of having the sifter proper or container operated by a sliding movement relatively to the supporting and rocking body or supporting structure and which sliding movement is limited and interrupted by contacting with the end wall of said container, whereby a shock or jolt is imparted to the container and the contents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ash sifter.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same with a large part of the cover broken away.

Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line 4r4: of Fig. 8, being a longitudinal view.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the ash sifter proper or container.

My improved ash sifter comprises a supporting body 10 that is provlded with a cover 11 and an ash sifter proper or container 12 that is operatively housed in said body 10, said body 10 having a rounded bottom 13 so that the structure as a whole can be tilted or rocked thereon and the parts being constructed and arranged so that the container 12 has a longitudinal sliding movement relatively to said body 10 that is limited by contacting with the end walls 14, whereby a shock or jolt is imparted to the container and the contents thereof corresponding to each change in direction of the rocking movement.

The upper portion 15 of the body 10 is in the form of a rectangular, box-like structure, the end walls 14 thereof merging with the rounded bottom wall 13. The side walls Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Serial No. 511,332.

16 are provided with a plurality of inwardly projecting studs 17 that overhang the interior space for a suflicient extent to serve as slideways for the container 12 by receiving and contact with the side walls 18 thereof.

Deflector walls 19 may be provided within the body 10, just below the junction 20 of the end walls 14 and the bottom 13, extending upwardly and inwardly at an inclination up to about the level of the bottom 21 of the container 12 and just below any gap or opening 22 that may be left between the end wall 23 of the container 12 and the opposed end wall 14L of the body 10 as the container 12 is shifted from one end to the other of the body 10.

Handles 24 may be provided at the ends of the body 10 and a handle for the cover 11.

The container 12 is a rectangular box-like structure that fits within the box-like upper portion 15 of the body 10, and in the space between the studs 17 and the top edges, eX- cept that in length the container 12 is appreciably shorter than the length of said upper portion 15, whereby the space 22 will be provided at one end or the other at the end of the sliding movement of the container 12. The upper edge portion of the body 10 may be provided with an outwardly directed flange 26 that overhangs the side walls and serves as a seat for the co-ver 11.

The side walls of the container 12 are made of sheet metal and the bottom wall 21 thereof is made of wire screening material having a suitable mesh.

The body 10 is preferably made of galvanized iron.

The ash sifter described may be made in different sizes, the smallest being adapted to receive the refuse from a kitchen range and the largest being adapted to be used in connection with a furnace or heater for a household heating system.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination in an ash sifter, a body, a container for being received within said body, and a cover for said body, said body comprising a relatively elongated upper portion and having a rounded bottom that merges at the upper ends with the end walls of said upper portion, said container fitting loosely within said upper portion and being appreciably shorter in overall length than 25 is provided the distance between said end alls so as to permit of relative endwise movement, and cooperating supporting means on said upper portion and container for permitting of such endwise movement responsive to a rocking ported by said rounded bottom.

scribed in claim 1, a pztirofdeflector plates extended across the interior of squid body, one at each end thereof, and positioned adjacent and below the ends of said container. movement of the Sifter structure While sup- GEORGE KABURECK 

